A Miami-Dade firefighters rant about the Trayvon Martin case  posted on his personal Facebook page  is drawing scrutiny from his bosses.

Capt. Brian Beckmanns post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests urban youth are the products of failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.

When are these people ever going to wake up to the fact that Facebook is a turncoat site that is monitored by gov’t , both Federal, State and Local and now, by many corporations? There isn’t any “privacy” on Facebook. Sheeesh!

Capt. Brian Beckmanns post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests urban youth are the products of failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.

What happened to free speech? Remember the radicals on campuses in the 1960s?

Is there some element of truth in the rant? Maybe that is the problem in today's repressive environment.

Conservatives who work in government jobs (Fed, State, local, military) should be very careful what they post on Facebook. It is NOT a forum like FR; you are NOT anonymous. It should be entertainment only; posting anti-Government sentiments can be a detriment to your career.
The same thing is true for posting about your employer. If your not saying how much you love them and how great their products and services are, DON’T post it on Facebook. Go somewhere where you are anonymous.

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posted on 04/16/2012 6:57:19 AM PDT
by Little Ray
(FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)

The Fire Chief had a “rant”, you know, a “tantrum”, requiring an “investigation”.

But Loui$ Farrakhan, Al $harptongue, and Je$$e Jack$on can stoke up racial hatred, and the Black Pampers can even issue “Wanted Dead or Alive” posters without so much as a raised eyebrow from the goons who are going to “investigate” the Fire Chief.

The hypocrisy is beyond blatant, beyond palpable, and is encroaching on the delusional.

The investigation and racially-charged entry on the private Facebook page is an example of how employers both private and public struggle to balance free speech and conduct that may reflect poorly on an employee.

How is criticizing bad parenting and the welfare society "racially-charged"???

yes be careful the words you choose on facebook. Are you serious? Are you really on a conservative website that is basically saying this man pretty much had it coming for voicing a politically incorrect opinion on his personal time?
Thought and speech police!

Capt. Brian Beckmanns post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests urban youth are the products of failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.

And the truth shall set you free...from your job!

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posted on 04/16/2012 7:07:58 AM PDT
by T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)

I dont use Facebook. But investigated by whom? Do we now have Speech Police?

any large institution of any nature plays that role. I don't think the number of employees or constituents is carved in stone, but at some level either the Feds or their surrogates (private institutions. ins co's, medical providers, whatever) get involved and must regulate or disclose contractually.

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posted on 04/16/2012 7:48:17 AM PDT
by the invisib1e hand
(I think in about 5 - no, 4 - years I'll have had enough.)

Exactly why I never used it and never will. I really do not get why people do in the first place. There are people I do not want to see ever again, psychos and liberals that drove me up the wall. Why would I advertise myself?

And another thing that blows my mind is this obsession with credit cards. Now they even got credit card machines in taxis and newspaper shops here in New York city to the point where many people I know never carry cash. With this administration in power, why would they do that? With a flick of a keystroke the government can destroy anyone financially. “Oh you made a mistake on your IRS form...You owe the IRS $98,000 bucks so will just put a lein on all your accounts until you bow to the Obama.”

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posted on 04/16/2012 7:53:01 AM PDT
by GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between lose and loose.)

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